Carriage-curtain fastener



(No Model.)

W. LEONHARDT.

CARRIAGE CURTAIN FASTENER3 No. 337,843. Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LEONHARDT, OF WAVERLY, MARYLAND.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,843, dated March 16, 1886,

Application filed May 22, 1885. Serial No. 166,415. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LEONHARDT, of Waverly, Baltimore county, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Curtain Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a View in elevation of a button made in accordance with my invent-ion with screw-shank. Fig. 2 is a similar view,at right angles to that shownin Fig. 1,with nail-shank. Fig. 8 is a View of a corner of a carriage-curtain,showing the ordinary button-hole. Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of a button, showing the same side as Fig. 1, and having a plate by which it is secured to the curtain; and Fig. 5 is a view of a corner ofa curtain having a but ton attached, and a strap which is attached to the carriage and has a button-hole to pass over the button.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to means for securing curtains down in carriages, wagons, &c., and will be first fully described hereinafter, and afterward specifically pointed out in the claim appended to this specification.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is the head, which is pyramidal in form.

B is a neck,wl1ich connects the head with a flange or body-plate, G.

D is a shank,which may be screw-threaded, as in Fig. 1, or made as a nail, as in Fig. 2, as may be desired.

D is a metal plate, (see Fig. 4,) which may be used when it is desired to secure the button to the curtain, as seen in said Fig. 4 and in Fig. 5.

E is a curtain, which is, as ordinarily, constructed of canvas, oil-cloth, rubber cloth, or leather, and which is provided with a buttonhole, as at e, for each button.

Under the head of the button, on each of two opposite sides of the neck B, is a flange, b, which tapers from the neck out to the periphery or outer edge of the button.

In carriage-buttons as usually constructed much trouble has been experienced in fastening and unfastening the curtain, especially after the curtain has been exposed to the weather and caused to shrink up somewhat, as it often does. The head being flat, the button-hole must be brought in exact coincidence with the button by lateral pull or downward pull on the curtain. This is very difficult, and is especially disagreeable when persons are caught in sudden storms. I remedy this by making my button-head pointed, so that when any portion of the button-hole is pulled over the point the curtains may be pushed on the button without the necessity of side or down pull on the curtain, the pyramidal head acting as a wedge, and rendering the act of fastening easy and rapid. There is also the same trouble experienced in unfastening the curtain when the ordinary button is used. The under side of the head of the ordinary button is also flat, and the curtain must be pulled to cause the button-hole to coincide with the button. I remedy this by providing the side flanges, b, of which there may be one or two, as desired, and when the button is secured in position these inclines must be on the sides, and not the top or bottom of the button, for the reason that it is desired to retain the flat portion of the base of the button, as at a a in Fig. 1, for the purpose of more securely holding the curtain on the button. The curtain being fastened, it is only necessary, in order to unfasten it, to draw it up or off the button by sliding the edge of the button-hole up one of these flanges, which acts as an inclined plane upon which to carry the curtain to the outer edge of the button.

My improved button may, as before stated, be fastened to the carriage-standard by means of the shank, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or may be secured by means of the plate shown in Figs. 4. and 5, to the curtain.

F is a strap fastened to the carriage, and f a button-hole therein, this strap being used when the button is attached to the curtain.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A curtain-fastener having a pointed head, a neck,and side flange inclining from the neck to the outside of the head, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereto appended my signature in presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

WILLIAM LEON HARDT.

Witnesses:

LoUIs MAIER, J OHN G. MAIER. 

